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Historian to give President's Day lecture on John Adams, Feb. 16

Posted February 12, 2004; 12:10 a.m.

by tbartus

A lecture exploring the "Legacy of John Adams" will be delivered on President's Day, Monday, Feb. 16, by noted American historian John Diggins. The 4:30 p.m. lecture in 104 Computer Science Building will be followed by a reception.

Diggins will discuss the contributions made by the second president of the United States in shaping the early American republic. He also will consider the extent to which Adams has left an enduring legacy.

Diggins, a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, is the author of many published works, including "The Lost Soul of American Politics: Virtue, Self-Interest and the Foundations of Liberalism" (1984). His talk is part of this year's Alpheus T. Mason Lectures in American Constitutional Law and Political Thought, sponsored by the
James Madison Program
.